ガストロンジャー - Elephant Kashimashi traduction en anglais

ガストロンジャー

お前正直な話 率直に言って日本の現状をどう思う?
俺はこれは憂うべき状況とは全然考えないけれども
かといって素晴らしいとは絶対思わねえな俺は
翻って己自信の現状を鑑みるに
これはやっぱり良いとも悪いとも言えねえなあ
俺の場合は、君はどうだ?
俺はこれは憂うべき状況とは思っていないけれども
ならばこれが良いのかと問われれば
まあまあだと答えざるをえないのがおおいに不本意だ

もっと力強い生活をこの手に!

胸を張って、胸を張って出かけようぜ

俺が生まれたのはそう所謂高度経済成長の真っ只中で
それは日本が敗戦に象徴される黒船以降の欧米に対する
鬱屈したコンプレックスを一気に解消すべく
我々の上の世代の人間が神風のように猛然と追い続けた
繁栄という名の、そう繁栄という名の繁栄という名のテーマであった

嗚呼そして我々が受け継いだのは豊かさとどっちらけだ
あげくがお前人の良さそうな変な奴がのせられて偉くなっちゃって
それでもそこそこ俺達は生活してんだから訳わかんねえよなあ おい

化けの皮剥ぎにでかけようぜ化けの皮を剥がしにでかけようぜ

くだらねえ世の中くだらねえ俺達
そんなのお前百年前から誰でも言ってるよ
お前変わんねえんだよそれ
お前縄文時代から変わんねえんだよお前それ
それ縄文時代から現代まで変わってねえんだよお前それは

ただなあ破壊されんだよ駄目な物は全部

この世の中にはそりゃあ思い通りにならないことは
いくらもあるってことはお前さすがの俺も百も承知だけどなあお前
しかし、俺は折角のロックンロールバンドだ
あいつらの化けの皮を剥がしにいくってことをなあ
さっき自問自答の末結論した

世の中にはさあ知ってるよなあお前、正直な話ただなあ
だからそうお前、それはお前そんなにお前がっかりしてんなよお前
あのキリスト教の聖書にも載ってるってことはお前
BC時代から同じこと言ってんだみんなお前
だからそう、だからそう、だから胸を張ってそう!
だから胸を張ってそうさ! だから胸を張ってさ!
だから胸を張ってさ そう

化けの皮を剥がしにいこうぜおいさあ勝ちにいこうぜ
でたらめでもなんでもいいんだ

ただなあお前、破壊されんだよ駄目な物はいずれ

死ぬときがこの毎日ときっとおさらばって言うことなんだから
それまで出来うる限り、そう出来うる限り己自信の道を歩むべく
反抗を続けてみようじゃないか、出来うる限り

胸を張ってさ そう

Gastronome

So, darling, straight talk, what do you think about the current state of Japan?
I wouldn't say it's a situation to fret over, not at all,
but I sure as hell wouldn't call it fantastic either.
Turning to my own situation,
I can't really say if it's good or bad, you know?
That's me, what about you, sweetheart?
I don't think it's a situation to worry about, but
if you ask me if it's good,
I'd have to say it's so-so, and I really hate that.

I want a more powerful life in my hands!

Let's go out there, chest held high, baby, chest held high!

I was born, yeah, right in the middle of the so-called high-speed economic growth period.
It was a time when Japan, after the defeat symbolized by the Black Ships,
tried to resolve its pent-up complex towards the West all at once.
The generation above us chased after it like kamikaze pilots,
this theme of prosperity, yeah, prosperity, that's right, prosperity.

Oh, and what we inherited was wealth and bewilderment.
In the end, some nice-looking weirdo gets tricked into a position of power,
and we're still living pretty comfortably, so it's all so confusing, isn't it? Huh?

Let's go tear off their masks, yeah, let's tear off their masks!

This world is so lame, and so are we.
Honey, everyone's been saying that for a hundred years.
You haven't changed a bit.
You haven't changed since the Jomon period.
That's right, it hasn't changed from the Jomon period to the present day.

But, you know, the useless things, they all get destroyed.

There are plenty of things in this world that don't go your way,
even I know that much, darling, but
I'm a rock 'n' roll band, after all.
I just decided after some soul-searching that
I'm going to tear off their masks.

You know, in this world, honestly, it's just...
So, don't be so down about it, sweetheart.
It's even in the Christian Bible, so
everyone's been saying the same thing since BC times.
So yeah, so yeah, so hold your head high!
That's right, hold your head high! So hold your head high!
So hold your head high, yeah.

Let's tear off their masks, come on, let's go for the win!
It doesn't matter if it's nonsensical or whatever.

But you know, the useless things, they all get destroyed eventually.

When we die, we'll finally say goodbye to these days,
so until then, let's keep rebelling as much as we can,
so we can walk our own paths, as much as we can.

Hold your head high, yeah.